{"id":910761,"date":"2026-09-30T07:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/910761\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T07:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:56:12","slug":"woolworths-bunch-supermarket-announces-major-change-to-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/910761\/","title":{"rendered":"Woolworths Bunch: Supermarket announces major change to program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/company\/wow-1og\" class=\"sc-iRgEWu hHENWX\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Woolworths<\/a> is set to discontinue its popular Bunch program next month.<\/p>\n<p>The members-only platform, which had a long waiting list, offered members free products in exchange for a review.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Home brands now account for 30-35 per cent of sales at Coles and Woolworths.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/894779890b429492300e428628e99e8632840b6aadbd39cbf812891d9d0ac480.jpeg\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Woolworths is set to discontinue its popular Bunch program next month.\u00a0iStock<\/p>\n<p>The website also allowed customers to post recipes and share their thoughts on forums.<\/p>\n<p>The Bunch platform is set to close on October 27 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/australia-news\" class=\"sc-iRgEWu hHENWX\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/world-news\/new-zealand\" class=\"sc-iRgEWu hHENWX\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the change, customers will no longer receive the free samples offered through the program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the years, we\u2019ve loved sharing free samples with you, but we are now evolving our approach to product feedback,\u201d the company said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy bringing reviews right into our digital store and checkout, we\u2019re creating a single, seamless experience. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means your feedback will reach and help far more shoppers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile this means we\u2019ll be closing our standalone platform and not providing these free samples, your reviews will now have a much bigger impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Members of the program received an email notifying them about the change on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/company\/wow-1og\" class=\"sc-iRgEWu hHENWX\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Woolworths<\/a> spokesperson said the company would move the ratings and reviews posted on the Bunch platform to the supermarket\u2019s website and app.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a gesture of goodwill, our loyal bunchees will receive a number of special appreciation offers to boost within their Everyday Rewards account,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The company said there would be no changes to the Everyday Rewards loyalty program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Woolworths is set to discontinue its popular Bunch program next month. The members-only platform, which had a long&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99],"class_list":["post-910761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}